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The effects of grazing intensity on herbage consumption and animal production. I. Short-term effects in strip-grazed dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. F. D. Greenhalgh ,
G. W. Reid ,
J. N. Aitken  and
E. Florence
J. F. D. Greenhalgh
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
G. W. Reid
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
J. N. Aitken
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
E. Florence
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
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1. The object of the experiment was to determine the effects of varying the quantities of herbage available to cows on their diet and milk production.

2. Four groups of five Ayrshire cows were strip grazed for three periods of 3-4 weeks on areas calculated from sample cuts to supply (A) 25, (B) 35, (C) 45 or (D) 55 lb. dry matter per cow per day. These periods were interspersed between four standard periods of 2-3 weeks, in which all the cows were strip grazed on 50-60 lb. dry matter per head per day.

3. Measurements of milk production and of herbage consumption, by the chromic oxide-faecal nitrogen technique, were made for the last 12 or 16 days of experimental and last 8 days of standard periods. The observations made in the standard periods were used as covariates in the analyses of those made in the experimental periods.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , August 1966 , pp. 13 - 24
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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